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JONAH ? 770 BC Ashur-Dan II 760 BC The Twelve JONAH Background Jonah 1:1-2 Jonah was from a city in northern Israel called Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25). 2 Kings 14:23-26 Jonah’s ministry was before that of Amos or Hosea, during the reign of King Jeroboam II. Some suggest that Jonah was a disciple of Elisha, a member of the sons of the prophets. Elisha died during the reign of Jeroboam II’s father, Joash (2 Kings 13:14-21). During the 41 year reign of Jeroboam II, Israel prospered and was doing better economically and politically (although spiritually the nation was in decline). Nineveh was the capital city of Assyria. At this point in history, Assyria was not the dominating world power that it would eventually become. Date King of Israel The Prophet Jonah Kings of Assyria 800 BC Adad-Nirari III 790 BC 780 BC Shalmaneser IV Jeroboam JONAH ? 770 BC Ashur-Dan II 760 BC Page 25 The Twelve The Story of Jonah Jonah 1:1-3 Jonah fled from the presence of Yahweh, finding a ship from Joppa that was heading to Tarshish – the complete opposite direction of Nineveh. Jonah 1:4-17 The men of the ship may have had other gods before this event, but they feared Yahweh afterwards. Jonah 1:17; 2:1ff In the Hebrew Tanakh, verse 17 of chapter one is verse one of chapter 2. Jonah was in the fish’s belly for three days and three nights, and then he was vomited out. Jonah 3:1ff Jonah did as Yahweh had commanded and cried out against the city of Nineveh. The people of Nineveh repented. The city was spared. Jonah 4:1ff Jonah was angry, but God revealed His compassion for humanity. This record of Jonah is a type for Christ (Mathew 12:38-41; 16:1-4; Luke 11:29-32). Page 26 The Twelve MICAH Background Micah 1:1 Micah was from the city of Moresheth. The word of Yahweh came to him in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah (Isaiah 1:1). His message concerns both Samaria and Jerusalem, but it is primarily directed to the southern kingdom of Judah. Prophets of the Eighth Century B.C. Date Kings of Israel Prophets Kings of Judah Prophets to B.C. to Israel Judah 805 800 795 790 Jonah 785 Jeroboam II 780 Uzziah 775 Amos 770 765 760 Zechariah 755 Shallum 750 Menahem Jotham 745 Pekahiah Hosea 740 735 Isaiah Pekah Ahaz Micah 730 725 Hoshea 720 715 Assyrian Captivity Hezekiah 710 705 700 Jonah, Amos, and Hosea were prophets in northern Israel who spoke before the time that the northern kingdom was taken into captivity to Assyria. God sent prophets so that the people would repent of their evil ways, but they did not depart from their sin and suffered the consequences, being carried away into captivity into Assyria (2 Kings 17:6-23). When Hosea spoke, he primarily prophesied to the northern kingdom of Israel, but there were also warnings for the southern kingdom of Judah. Page 27 The Twelve Hosea 4:15 (ESV) Though you play the whore, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Hosea 5:5 (ESV) The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them. God warned Judah not to follow in the ways of northern Israel, but certain rulers did not listen to the words of the prophets and brought idolatry into the southern kingdom. King Ahaz, one of the kings that reigned during the time of Micah’s prophecy, brought great sin into Judah (2 Kings 16:1-18; 2 Chronicles 28:1-5, 16-25). Micah-Chapter One Micah 1:1ff The sin of Israel had come to southern Judah, to the cities of the lowlands (Shephalah), and to the “gate of Jerusalem.” Judean Cities Named in Chapter One • Moresheth – a city in Gath • Gath – one of the chief cities of the Philistines – the native city of Goliath • Beth-le-aphrah – “the house of Aphrah (dust). Aphrah is a Philistine city. • Shaphir – means “fair,” a city in Judah. Site unknown (?) • Zaanan – means “pointed” – a town in the low country of Judah (?) • Bethezel – means “house of narrowing” – a place in Judah (?) • Maroth – means “bitterness” – a town in the lowland of Judah (?) • Lachish – means “invincible” – a city south of Judah • Morsheth-gath – means “possession of Gath” – the home town of Micah • Achzib – means “deceit” – a town in the lowland west of Judah • Mareshah – means “crest of a hill” – one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah • Adullam – means “justice of the people;” a town in the lowlands of Judah; site of a cave where David hid. Page 28 The Twelve Judah and the Cities of the Shephelah (the Lowlands) Page 29 The Twelve Verse 13 states that Lachish was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) for in “you were found the rebellious acts of Israel.” By the 14 th year of King Hezekiah, the Assyrian Empire had laid siege on the land of Judah and took these cities of the Shephelah. 2 Kings 18:13-14 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. The siege of Laschish can be found in Assyrian art and has had extensive archeological excavations. The British Museum houses one of the artifacts along with a description from an historian about this event. Assyrian rulers glorified war. They developed specialized corps - cavalry, sappers, combat engineers, snipers, aquatic units - and "modernized" their weapons and strategies… the Assyrians surmounted the town's defenses, as they did, according to Sennacherib's own account, at 45 other Judean towns. Inside Lachish's walls, though the site is undeveloped and only partially excavated, there is evidence of fierce burning at the level of the Assyrian invasion. Arrowheads, sling-stones and the crest of an Assyrian helmet offer only hints of the tumult and destruction highlighted in the Assyrian frieze. Quotation about observation of Assyrian drawings of the siege of Lachish at the British Museum in London from an article by Allan Rabinowitz Jerusalem Post, 05/06/99 Page 30 .
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